Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 0526L

Genel Energy PLC

06 January 2016

 

6 January 2016

Genel Energy plc

Genel Energy plc advises that it has received the notification set out below from Morgan Stanley pursuant to DTR 5 of the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

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 For further information please contact:

Genel Energy Sarah Robertson, Company Secretary Phil Corbett, Head of Investor Relations

[phone]

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii

Genel Energy Plc

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

x

An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

Other (please specify):

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii

Morgan Stanley (Institutional Securities Group and Global Wealth Management)

4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv

5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v

04/01/2016

6. Date on which issuer notified:

06/01/2016

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii

5%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE

Situation previous to the triggering transaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number of Shares

Number of Voting Rights

Number of shares

Number of voting rights

% of  voting rights x

Direct

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

Below 5%

Below 5%

6,013,898

6,013,898

2.42%

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B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Expiration date xiii

Exercise/ Conversion Period xiv

Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.

% of voting rights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date xvii

Exercise/ Conversion period xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights xix, xx

Equity Swap (Cash Settled)

N/A

14-01-2016

N/A

6,800,000

Nominal

Delta

N/A

2.73%

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

12,813,898

5.15%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi

Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc, 25 Cabot Square, Canary Wharf, London E14 4QA is a direct holder of  12,812,228 voting rights (5.15%) and is a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Investments (UK) Morgan Stanley Investments (UK), 20 Bank Street, Canary Wharf, London E14 4AD is an indirect holder of 12,812,228 voting rights (5.15%) and is a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley UK Group Morgan Stanley UK Group, 25 Cabot Square, Canary Wharf, London E14 4QA is an indirect holder of 12,812,228 voting rights (5.15%) and is a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley International Limited. Morgan Stanley International Limited, 25 Cabot Square, Canary Wharf, London E14 4QA is an indirect holder of 12,812,228 voting rights (5.15%) and is a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley International Holdings Inc. Morgan Stanley International Holdings Inc., c/o The Corporation Trust Company, Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, Delaware DE 19801, USA is an indirect holder of 12,812,228 voting rights (5.15%) and is a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley.

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

N/A

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

N/A

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

N/A

13. Additional information:

Of the total voting rights attached to shares in Section 8A, 61 (0.00%) of these are the result of stock borrowing agreements

14. Contact name:

Craig Horsley

15. Contact telephone number:

0141 245 7736

 

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